GRC Jobs in the Thames Valley

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring GRC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GRC over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 227 234
Rank change year-on-year +51 +7 +22
Permanent jobs citing GRC 4 19 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.12% 0.27% 0.51%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.87% 1.99% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 13
10th Percentile - £43,750 £52,500
25th Percentile - £52,188 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -20.00%
75th Percentile - £73,750 £85,000
90th Percentile - £75,148 £109,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £50,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +28.71% -15.83% -20.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

GRC falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 458 955 1,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.68% 13.79% 21.17%
Number of salaries quoted 186 545 484
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £35,000 £37,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,750 £46,750 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.50% -2.60% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £86,750 £76,250 £85,000
South East median annual salary £62,000 £45,250 £51,000
% change year-on-year +37.02% -11.27% -2.86%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for GRC in the Thames Valley

GRC
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GRC in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for GRC in the Thames Valley

GRC
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +27 3 - - 4
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
GRC
South East

GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Change Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Project Change Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Supply Chain Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) FMCG
1 3 (75.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Change Management
1 3 (75.00%) Coaching
1 3 (75.00%) ERP
1 3 (75.00%) Impact Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) System Integration Testing
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Infor
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft